LEAHY VETTING RESULTS FOR INDONESIAN MARINE POLICE

UNCLAS JAKARTA 002278 SENSITIVE SIPDIS FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, EB/IFD/ODF E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PHUM SNAR ID SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING RESULTS FOR INDONESIAN MARINE POLICE REF: A. STATE 128584 ¶B. STATE 119630 ¶C. 07 STATE 160328 ¶1. (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Indonesian Marine Police or its unit commander. END SUMMARY. ¶3. (SBU) On November 10, the Department cleared the Indonesian Marine Police Unit and its unit commander for a separate training program. Under current rules, this clearance is valid for one year (ref C). Thus, this clearance given in November remains valid for both the unit and commander at this time. (Note: The Indonesian National Police have proposed purchasing U.S. equipment using financing from the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. The Indonesian Marine Police will be the end users of the equipment.) ¶4. (SBU) Per the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, the Department has cleared the following unit and individual and that clearance remains valid: --Unit: Indonesian Marine Police --Location: Marine Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Indonesia --Agency: Indonesian National Police --Unit Commander: Brigadier General Abdurachman --Position: Director --DPOB: 05-June-1953 --POB: Tarakan, Sulawesi, Indonesia --Gender: Male ¶5. (U) Mission point of contact is Political Officer Saad Bokhari: 62-21-3435-9707; E-mail: BokhariSS@state.gov HUME